Device for waving natural hair



May 22, 1923.

C. NESSLER DEVICE FOR WAVING NATURAL HAIR Filed Oct. 5. 1921 73 11v VENTOR MW;

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CHARLES NESSLER, OF. NEW YORK, N.- Y.

DEVICE FOR WAITING- NATURAL HAIR.

Application filed October 5,- 1921. Serial No. 505,451.

To all whom it may con/cam:

Be it known that I CHARLES Nnssmm, citizen of the United tates, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York 6 and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Waving Natural Hair, of which the followingis a specification.

In the art of permanent Waving of the 10 hair on the human head as now practiced,

the tress or strand of hair after being wound in helical form around a rod and secured thereto by a cord or otherwise, is surrounded or covered in any one of several different l5 ways with a suitable absorbent material -which is wetted and is in some way provided with or conveniently carries a hair-treating substance, such for example as borax powder which of course is also wetted, and an ac enclosing or housing tube, which is preferably made of non-absorbent material, surrounds the absorbent material carrying said hair-treating substance, the assembled parts being then inserted in a suitable heater so 2 that the heat may act upon the moisture and produce the permanent wave in the twisted hair. My present invention relates to the absorbent means or carrler of the hair-treating substance and has in view several objects, including the provision of means for carrying or containing the hair-treatingsubstance in a uniformly distributed disposition of the same and in a manner that will serve to maintain such distribution during the handling and use of the appliance so that the substance will not shift and get out of place; also a peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts wherebythe manufacture of the appliance is quickened and the cost ac- 4o cordinglyreduced.

The invention also provides. a novel arrangement for grouping or stacking the appliances or absorbent carriers in a neat and andy manner for rapld handling of the 4 same in performingthe hair waving process in which it is usual-to .use a considerable numberof the articles in quick succession and at a time when it is desirable to expedite the o eration and to avoid a mess as muchas possi le. .With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the various novel and peculiar constructions and arrangements of the several different parts, all

as hereinafter fully set forthand then point ed out in the claims. D I have illustrated types of my invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

1 1g. 1, 1s a perspective View of a holder for a number of the absorbent appliances path a door at the lower front edge of the same shown as swung open ready for the withdrawal by hand of the bottom one'of the stack of articles contained in the holder.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the holder spown 1n Fig. 1, with the door thereof 0 oseo.

Fig. 3, is a perspective view of my improved absorbent appliance.

F 1g. 4, is a plan view of the same opened out so as to show the interior structure.

Fig. 5, is a cross sectional view of the article shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 6, is a cross sectional view of a modified form of the absorbent article.

Referring to the drawings in which like numerals of reference designate like parts throughout, 1 is a box or container having removable top 2, which fits preferably air tlght when in place and through which access is had to the interior of the container.

for inserting therein a stack of the absorbent appliances 3. The front wall of the container is cut away at 4, at the lower edge.

sufficiently to permit the easy withdrawal 1n a horizontal direction of the bottom, one of the absorbent articles, a finger notch 5, being formed in said cut away edge to aid the operator in grasping the edge of the bottom article in the; act of sliding it out for removal when it is to be used. The forward edge of the h0tton1 of the container is cut away at 6, to give better access to the front edge of the bottom article in grasping it for -withdrawal, and these openings afforded by said cut away portions 4 and 6, are closed by a snugly fitting swinging door 7 which is L-shaped in cross section and is hinged on the bottom of the container at 8. A finger piece or grasp 10, is arranged upon the edge of the door for readily opening it. A spring 9, acts upon the door and malntains it normally closed so that the container 1, is practically air tight and moisture retaining and thereby serves to keep the stack of absorbent articles 3, in the desirable wet condition after they are wetted with a lotion, such as water, and pla 13d in the container. The contamer thus serves as a constant source of supply of the wet absorbent articles and may be replenished With new (ones diminished in using them.

My improved article '3, .compr'ises -'re-' as they are ce ssed, or perforated material 11," adapted nary open-work fabric or cotton netting having suitable sized recesses or openings 14 therein for receiving and retaining a hair-treating s bstance, such as borax pow- 'der, then placing this upon a sheet of absorbent material 13, made for example of ordinary cotton cloth, or absorbent paper or fibrous material, of slightly more than double the size of the piece 11, as-shown in Fig. 4, and then placing the hair-treating substance, such as dry borax upon the material .11 and substantially filling the openings or recesses 14 thereof, and then turning over the edges of the covering material 13, so that three of the edges of the borax filled piece 11, are bound thereby, after which operation the remaining 'free portion of the covering material 13, is folded evenly over upon the piece 11, thereby forminga complete cover enclosing the part 11, containing the packed hair-treating powder 12, as shown particularly in Figs. 3 and 5. This completes the construction of the article and it is now in condition for use, or for storage for future use and it is found that in handling the article thus made, practically none of the hair-treating powder will escape and particularly after the article has been wetted, for in wet condition the hair-treating substance which is sandwiched between the walls of the cover piece will retain its position securely in the crevices or recesses in the material and thus remai evenly distributed ver the entire surface of the same, which is an important advantage in the use of thisclass of article.

In-Fig, 6 I show a slightly modified form of the structure in which the turned over edges 15, of the cover piece are dispensed with, and in this construction the powdery contents will remain in place and particularly after the fabric and the powder have been wetted.

From the foregoing description it.will be readily understood that in the use of having at hand the necessary number of the appliances for the work at hand. As the container'is depleted, a fresh lot of the absorbent devices is placed therein in moistenedcondition. In order to. ascertain at a glance the quantity of the members stacked in the container, the front of the same may be made of glass of'transpaaent character, or a transparent window may be made in one of the wa-lls'of the'container, which is kept air-tight.

In order t bring the absorbent matefial in direct contact at the meeting edges the same are left free from any art or substance, so that when the material is soaked with water the clean contacting surfaces will adhere more closely together and form a secuse closure against escape of any of the hair-treating substance at this point. This prepared member is in clean and wet condition when it is to be used and no mess is made by the operator at the time he is engaged in the operation and this makes hiswork neater and quicker than otherwise. In the use of the appliance made substantially of the dimensions herein shownjthe article isfolded longitudinally .on its length and wrapped around the strand of twisted hair to be treated, and it may then be secured theretoin any of the usual ways before placing over it the usual enclosing tube for the steaming or vaporizingv action when the assembled parts are enclosed in an ordinary electric-heater. Of

course the shape of the absorbent member may be varied and it may be made in a long narrow strip from which the desired length may be cut at the time it isto be used and of the size requir'edand the cut section, maybe wound in helical form around the twisted strand of hair inapply ing the absorbent member,

I wish to be understood as -not limiting my invention to the particular constructionsof the various different parts thereof, as

many modifications may be made in: the

same, without, however, departing from the spirit of my invention,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A hair waving device comprising ma-. terial havin a surf-ace capable of receiving and retalning a hair-treating substance distributed thereover and juxtaposed I ahsolbent material constructed and'arranged to be interposed between said retaining means and the treated hair. i

2. A hair Waving device comprising recessed or pitted material capable of receiving and retaining in its superficial cavities a hair-treating substance and juxtaposed absorbent material constructed and arranged to be interposed between said retaining means and the treated hair.

' 3. A hair waving device comprising material having a" surface capable of receiving and retaining a hair-treating substance distributed thereover and absorbent ma terial placed on the said substance retaining material and covering the opposite sides thereof.

i. A hair waving device comprising recessed or pitted material capable of receiving and retaining a hair-treating substance and a sheet of absorbent material placed about said material and-housing the same.

5. In a device for waving hair, a member formed of plies of absorbent material, -a hair-treating substance interposed between the plies and means intermediate between the plies for maintaining substantially uni-' form disposition of said hair-treating substance 4 y 6. In a device for waving hair, a member for use in treating'the hair having recesses therein for holding hair-treating subsorbent material having its marginal edgesfolded around th -edges of said member.

8. Apparatus for use in waving natural hair on the head, the same comprising a moistening storage container provided" with an automatically operating closure for sealing said container against the admission of air to maintain the moisture content thereof, and a group of absorbent hair-treating appliances arranged within said container and maintained moist therein, said moist appliances being capable of being with drawn one at a time through said closure for use as needed.

9. A container for receiving and holding a stack of moistened pad-like hair waving appliances and providedat or near its bot tom with an opening for withdrawing the lowermost one of the stack, and; an automatically closing door for closing said opening in the container. v i j Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 21st day of September, A. D. 1921.

CHARLES NESSLER. 

